I love the final panel, the two monsters "playing." OK. Frankly, the expression of the monster on top indicates some pretty serious play. "Innocent children" my ass. After all, what else can bring an inanimate object to bristling life but the desire to "play?" I love the Castle reference. The great showman would have made customers sign a waver, warning all passengers with a weak heart not to board the vessel.

Great post, sir, and I love that final page of publisher self-promotion. Was this the golden age of pre-code horror or what? -- Mykal

"...the capital of online comic book horrors... saying "Not the best story THOIA has run" is a bit like saying "one of Beethoven's lesser symphonies!"---Quasar Dragon

"...the object of all horror chicks' wet dreams... a comixkaze of awesome!"---Killer Kittens

"...an online repository of vintage comic fear fare where individual stories from long out-of-print issues are posted in high resolution, page by page. For a fan of EC, Atlas and other Silver Age-era comic companies, it is pure heaven (and hell)..."---Bryan Reesman (Attention Deficit Delirium)